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Recent Examples of sea serpent
Researchers will undoubtedly keep delving deep to investigate how so many real-life sea serpents thrived on our world.
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Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
It’s presumed to be the real animal behind some sea serpent sightings.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Revolving around a community of sea serpents living on a secret island in the middle of the ocean, the feature is based on the children’s book series by Tor Åge Bringsværd and illustrator Thore Hansen, which ran across nine books from 1972 to 2019, creating a cross-generational brand.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
There's also an Orkney origin story involving a giant sea serpent.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
It’s presumed to be the real animal behind some sea serpent sightings.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Revolving around a community of sea serpents living on a secret island in the middle of the ocean, the feature is based on the children’s book series by Tor Åge Bringsværd and illustrator Thore Hansen, which ran across nine books from 1972 to 2019, creating a cross-generational brand.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
There's also an Orkney origin story involving a giant sea serpent.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea serpent
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Robotic sea snake Maintaining underwater infrastructure such as oil platforms and subsea pipelines is both costly and risky.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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Oil that is on the surface is harmful to animals that come up to the surface to breathe, such as dolphins, sea turtles and sea snakes.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The garter snakes survive Manitoba's severe winters by hibernating in a network of limestone crevasses and caverns below the frost line.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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Snakes, such as garter snakes and thread snakes, eat snails, ant larvae, and other invertebrates, while gopher snakes, rat snakes, and other larger snakes are excellent mousers and will even take packrats, Amarello says.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
6 May 2026
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The dusky pygmy rattlesnake and coral snake can be found everywhere in Florida, except in the Florida Keys.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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According to a study published in the journal Behavioral Ecology, more bats and birds will steer clear of wind turbines when their blades are painted with colors similar to animals like venomous coral snakes and poison dart frogs.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
13 May 2026
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According to the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, only four of Florida's six venomous snake species can be found in southern portions of the state — the cottonmouth, the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, the dusky pygmy rattlesnake and the coral snake.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Sidewinder, speckled and western diamondback rattlesnakes can be found in the southeast region of the state, largely in the desert.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Among the common non-venomous snakes found around here are garter, rat and bull snakes.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 July 2025
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According to wildlife specialist Kayla Jobe, who spoke with KOKI, bull snakes are not venomous and can be helpful to have near (but not in) your home since the reptile eats small rodents.—
Tabitha Parent,
People.com,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Non-venomous serpents include rat, garter, bull and water snakes.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 July 2025
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In 2016, 20 southern banded water snakes were pulled from the area.—
Olivia Rose,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025
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Snakes, such as garter snakes and thread snakes, eat snails, ant larvae, and other invertebrates, while gopher snakes, rat snakes, and other larger snakes are excellent mousers and will even take packrats, Amarello says.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
6 May 2026
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Though gopher snakes can grow up to 9 feet in some rare cases.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Often mistaken for king snakes or milk snakes, coral snakes display distinctive red, yellow, and black rings encircling their bodies.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
31 July 2025
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But for Eloise Battle, the king snakes and black phoebes stood out.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Sea serpent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20serpent. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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